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Happy Tuesday! I’ve had a few requests to create flat-style illustrations, so this week we’re creating a flat iMac icon in Adobe Illustrator! If you’ve ever been unsure of how to get started with vector icons, or you’d like to practice your shape-based illustration skills, this tutorial is perfect for beginners. We’ll be utilizing the rounded rectangle, rectangle and ellipse shapes the most and keep things super simple throughout. Read on for the full tutorial and all of the color builds mentioned in the video!

Vectors are point-based (instead of pixel-based like raster images in Photoshop), so they’re infinitely rescalable. This means it’s cake to create any size icons you need without ever worrying about resolution issues.

When creating an icon based off of a source image (like we did in this tutorial), be sure to lock it on its own layer. Locking your layer prevents accidental moving as you work, plus the ability to turn the layer’s visibility on and off so you can check your work as you go.

Gustavo Woltmann|January 21, 2017

Very helpful information Teela thank you for sharing some good stuff like this one. As a designer and blogger, I’m looking for some information that I will use and also apply to myself this one is perfect. Helping other people to achieve their dream is a bless to everyone and you are a big help to their way to becoming successful someday.